Dental News - AAIP to hold annual meeting in Montego Bay

Dental Tribune International

Mon. 29 August 2011

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA: The American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics (AAIP) will hold its 29th annual meeting on Nov. 6 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in association with Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine and the Jamaica School of Oral Health Science. The theme of the meeting will be “Back to Implant Basics,” and feature outstanding dental clinicians.

Podium speakers at the meeting are Drs Robert J. Braun, Clement Guarlotti, Richard Hughes, Leonard I. Linkow, Raul R. Mena, Harold F. Morris, Peter A. Neff and Robert Weiner. Dr M. Joe Mehranfar is general chairperson of the meeting, and Dr Mahmoud F. Nasr will serve as moderator. Alternate speakers are Drs Mike Shulman and Sheldon Winkler.

Dr Leonard I. Linkow, considered by many of his colleagues as the “father of oral implantology,” will speak on “Five Decades of Dental Implants.” In 1992, New York University College of Dentistry created the first and only endowed chair in implantology in perpetuity with Dr Linkow as the recipient.

Dr Peter A. Neff, formerly professor and chairperson of the department of occlusion at Georgetown University School of Dentistry and author of the popular textbook, TMJ Occlusion and Function, will speak on “Occlusal Considerations in Implant Prosthodontics.”

Dr Harold F. Morris, co-director of the Dental Implant Clinical Research Group and clinical professor of restorative dentistry at Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, Pa., will speak on “Recent Advances in Implant Research.”

Dr Robert J. Braun, professor of oral and maxillofacial pathology, medicine and surgery at Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, Pa., will speak on “Systemic Implications of Oral Disease and its Relation to Oral Implantology.”

Dr Clement Guarlotti, past president of the American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics, will discuss “New Implants for Old Fixed Prostheses.”

Dr Robert Weiner, who has lectured extensively throughout North and South America and Europe, will speak on “Achieving Esthetic Results with Dental Implants in the Anterior Maxilla.”

Dr Richard Hughes, a national and international lecturer on restorative and surgical implant dentistry, will speak on “Progressive and Immediate Loading.”

Dr Raul R. Mena, director of the Quantum Implant Institute, secretary of the American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics and a national and international speaker on oral implantology and occlusion, will speak on “Do Not Accept Bone Loss: Beyond Osseointegration.”

Founded by Dr Maurice J. Fagan, Jr., in 1982 at the School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, the objective of the academy is to support and foster the practice of implant prosthodontics as an integral component of dentistry.

The academy supports component and affiliate implant associations around the world, including organizations in Egypt, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Paraguay, South Korea and Thailand.

The academy has published two textbooks, “The Dental Implant” in 1985 and “Implant Prosthodontics” in 1990. The Journal of Oral Implantology is the official publication of the academy. The academy also publishes a newsletter.

The academy holds an annual convention, international meetings in cooperation with its affiliate and component societies, offers continuing education courses and sponsors a network of study clubs in the United States.

The academy, in cooperation with Atlantic Dental Implant Seminars and the Linkow Implant Institute and in conjunction with the School of Oral Health Science and the Ministry of Health, Jamaica, will sponsor two five-day implant courses in Montego Bay in 2011. The courses will be held in a dental school setting July 4–8 and Nov. 7–11. Patients will be provided and each participant will place two to six implants under individual instructor supervision.

The course faculty will present comprehensive lectures, including an in-depth review of surgical and restorative protocols with coverage of a wide spectrum of implant types and systems. Each participant will received 35 C.E. credits.

Jamaica C.E. course participants can attend the 2011 AAIP annual meeting in Montego Bay on Nov. 6 without payment of the registration fee.

The AAIP course faculty includes Drs Robert J. Braun, Ira Eisenstein, Clement Guarlotti, Richard Hughes, Shankar Iyer, Leonard I. Linkow, Irving Fitzgodfrey Mc-Kenzie, Charles S. Mandell, Raul R. Mena, Harold F. Morris, Peter A. Neff, Jack Piermatti, Roberto Russo, Mike Shulman, Robert Weiner and Sheldon Winkler. The number of participating faculty at each C.E. course offering is dependent upon the number of registrants.

Complete information on the Jamaica five-day implant courses can be found at www.adiseminars.com or obtained by calling (551) 655-1909. Information can also be seen on the American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics website at www.aaipusa.com.

The American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics is designated as an approved PACE program provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for fellowship, mastership and membership maintenance credit. The current term of approval extends from Jan. 1, 2010 to Dec. 13, 2013.

Officers of the academy are President Dr Sheldon Winkler (Scottsdale, Ariz.), President-Elect Dr Harold F. Morris (Canton, Mich.), Vice President Dr Peter A. Neff, N. (Palm Beach, Fla.), Secretary Dr Raul R. Mena (Plantation, Fla.), Treasurer Dr James Fagan, III (Atlanta, Ga.) and Dr M. Joe Mehranfar (Scottsdale, Ariz.) is general chairperson of the 2011 annual meeting.

Meeting information can be obtained from the AAIP headquarters at 8672 East Eagle Claw Drive, Scottsdale, Ariz. 85266-1058; telephone (480) 588-8062; fax (480) 588-8296; e-mail, swinkdent@cox.net. The AAIP website is www.aaipusa.com.

(Source: AAIP)

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